Research Article

Shorter Path Design and Control for an Underactuated Satellite

Table 3

Initial and obtained sets of a target attitude for case 2.

StateEuler angle (deg) (deg)

Initial attitude3-2-1 set

Target attitudeNormal3-2-1 set132.3
Failure
3-axis
1-2-1-… set3165.3
4150.5
5144.1
6150.6
7144.9
8152.9
2-1-2-… set3182.2
4143.5
5146.0
6144.6
7146.7
8147.8